Jack in the Box Incorporated

Dozens of fast-food workers from Los Angeles to Manhattan were arrested as they escalated a fight for better pay Thursday with strikes, rallies and acts of civil disobedience. Police arrested 10 people after the protesters linked arms and sat down in front of a McDonald's in downtown Los Angeles. The sit-in capped a midday march through the urban core by hundreds of workers and their supporters. In San Diego, 11 marchers were arrested for blocking an intersection in the blue-collar neighborhood of City Heights. Protesters were arrested in several other cities, including New York, Chicago, Las Vegas and Detroit. Rallies and sit-ins erupted outside fast-food restaurants in more than...

It’s not often that the so-called food cops have kind words for the fast-food industry, but there are a few of them in a new report on the offerings from restaurants such as McDonald’s, KFC and Taco Bell -- and how they are marketed to kids.
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Burger King seems to be getting its summer inspiration from Southern barbecue joints, with new menu items such as sweet potato fries, Memphis pulled-pork sandwiches and, to keep things interesting, bacon sundaes.Summer options also include Whopper or...

For millions of Americans, bagged salads are a miracle food, the perfect mix of health and convenience.Time-pressed cooks can rip open a bag and pour the leaves right into the bowl, reassured by the "triple-washed" label that some wondrous...

E. coli O157:H7 is one of the biggest villains in food safety circles, made famous by the 1993 Jack in the Box hamburger outbreak and by later food poisoning cases, including the 2006 spinach outbreak.But even as bagged-greens companies perfect their...